Telegram 4055 from
Amman, June 5, reported that King Hussein had called all chiefs of mission to meet
with him at 0730Z. He told them, “In view of the Israeli aggression
against the UAR, Jordan is now at
war. Our forces have been put under UAR command.” He stated that within the last hour,
Jordanian radar had picked up the arrival of 16 aircraft at Israeli
airfield Ramat David; 8 had taken off from an aircraft carrier 20
miles west of Tel Aviv and 8 from an aircraft carrier 80 miles west
of Tel Aviv. He stated that the Jordanians had not been able to
identify the aircraft and did not know if they had participated in
the fighting. (Ibid.)↩

Telegram 050944Z from COMSIXTHFLT to Amman, June 5,
stated that during the current Middle East situation, no Sixth Fleet
aircraft carriers had been closer than 400 miles to Israel and no
aircraft from Sixth Fleet carriers had flown closer than 300 miles
to Israel or Sinai. (Ibid.) Telegram 208038 to Amman, June 5, stated
that further checks had indicated no British or French carriers in
the area cited and suggested that Jordanian radar might have picked
up returning Israeli bombers. (Ibid.)↩